Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-03

and islands, an awful centrifugal of sin
seeming to overpower the beautiful CEN
tripetal Of righteousness, and from 1t
groen reached heaven. Such sound hsd
never been heard there. Plenty OF sweet
sounds, bat never al cutlery OF distress,
Ior
AN ECHO OF AGONY.
At that one groan the Prince arose
from all the blissful ciycunjacence and
started for the outer gate, snd descended
iato the night Of this world, Ont OF what
bright har5or into What rough sea
"Stay with u.s." cried Gngel after angel
and potentate after potentate. "No,"
said the Prince, az cannot stay, must be
of Giter that wreck of world. | must
stop that groGn. l must hush that dis
tress. I must fathom that way. mus.
redeem those nations. Farewell, thrones
| and temples, companions cberubic, ser
aphic, a1changelic, Excuse this absence
! TOR / will come back again, carrying on
my shoulder REASONED world. Til! this
Is done l choose esr1hly scof to heavenly
reclamation, and d cattle pen TO kings
palace, frigid zone of earth 80 atmosphere
OF celestial rzdiGnce. nave no time TO
| lose, fer hark ya TO the grOan that grows
mightier while IWait. Farewell Farewell"
"Ye know the grace OF our Lord Jesus
| Christ, that, though He was rich, yet Tor
| your sskes He became poor"
Was there ever Q contrast so oVerpow-
eriDg as that between the MONDAY of
Christ's celestial departure end the mid
hight Of His earthly arrival? Sure enough,
the angels were out that night in she sky,
and especial meteor acted IS escort, but
all thst vas from other worlds, and not
| from this world. The earth made no
demonstration Of welcome. II one Of the
crest princes of this world steps cut at g
depot cheers res0Qud, snd the bands play
and the fags wave. But for the arrival
of this missionary prince Of tle skies not
torch Jared, not z trumpet blew, not
plume dut1ered. AL the music AID p0mp
were overhead. Our world opened for
Him nothing better thao s barn door.
The R4jah Of Cashmere sent 10 Victoria
g bedstead OF carved gold and canopy
that cost $3.50, coo, but the world had for
| the Prince oi Heaven and Earth only
LITTER OF STRAW.
The crown Jewels ia the tower of London
amount 50 Sl5, 600, coo, but this member
OF eternal royalty had nowhere to lay His
head. To know how poor He WIS, ask
the camel drivers, ask the shep-
herds, ask Mary, ask the
three wise men Of the East
who atterward came there, young CGspar
and middle-aged BaihGsar and old Mel
chj0r. To know now poor He vas to ex-
anime ali the record5 Of real estate in
) that Oriental country, and see what vipe-
yald, or VIVA Hlouse, or what field lie
; owned. Not one. OF what mortgage
was lie the MORTGAGE, o. what tene-
ment was He the landlord? o. what
lease was He the lessee? VINO ever paid
him rent? N2r owning the beat on which
He sailed, c. the beast on which He rode,
: CT the pillow on which He slep.. He had
= so little estate that in order TO pay His
tax lie lad - perform q miracle, putting
I the amount Of the assessment in q fsn's
mouth and having it hauled ashore. And
after His desGh the world rushed in tC
: take an inventory Of His goods, and the
entire aggregate was the garments He mac
; worn, sleeping in them by night and trSy
i cling in them bY dSy, bearing on them the
dust OF the highway and the saturation OF
. the sea. Paul in my text did not 20 Ia
! from hitting the mark, did he, when h'
4 SAID OF the missionary prince: GO
i your 5ekes He became poor"
: The world could have treated Him bet
: Ter if Il had chosen. II had ell the mean:
; for making His earthly condition com
u Portable. Only lew years before Whe'
8 pompey, the general, arrived at Brirdis
> be WAS greeted with arches and q cost
{ column which celebrated the twelve nil
e lion people whom he had killed or COZ
. quered, and he was allowed 10 Wea
y his triUmphSl robe II the Senate, In
i woriG rad applause for imperial butcher
: but buff6ting for the Prince Of Pence
L Plenty of golden chalic5s for the faV0re
u to drink out Of, but our Prince must pu
= His lips 10 the bucket Of the well by Ii
:. roadside after He had
~ BEGGED FOR A DRINK.
> Poor? Born in another MANS barn sn
~ eating at smother mans table, and cruis
: ing the lake in smother mans hshin
ID smack, and buried in another man's mai
= soleum. Four inspired authors wrote (
:; His biography, and iDnumersbie lives {
ls Christ have been published, bug He con
. posed His autobiography in most com
IL pressed way. He said: 81 have troddc
II the wine-press alone"
II Poor in the estimation OF nearly 81 Il
= prosperous classes. They called Hi
- Sabbath breaker, wine -bibber, tr6ito
~ blssphe2Ger, and rSnsacked the diCtioDal
~ of oppro5rium from lid to lid to expire
- their deteatation. l Can think now
U only two wel'-to-do men who espousC
=. His Cause-Nicodemus aud Joseph
" Arimsthea His friends for the mo
90 part were people WHO, 10 tn
he nc cline where opthslmy or infsmm
ton of the eyeballs sweeps ever and anC
~ SIS 8 scourge, had become blind, sick pc
l!f pie who were anxious to get weu, 81
4 troubled people in whose family the
was some one dead or dying. Il He hi
~ purse 1T ali II was empty, or we wcu
:; have heard WHIST was done with the CO
~ tents r. the post mortem. Poor? 7
- pigeon IN the dOve-cote, the rabbit n
80 80 burrow, the silk worm in it's cocoon, {
isS bee in It's hive is better provided e
- better of, better sheltered. Aye,
~ brute creation has s home on cart
AZ "a which Christ has not.
~ II on windy days the raven
Gamb like dancing skitF,
Not he less he loves his haven
Of On the bosom of the cliff.
%, IL almost with eagle plni0n
49, Oer the Alps the cnamols roam,
ste Yet he has some small do niniOn
eS, Which no doubt he calls his home.
old But the Crown Prince OF all HEAVIER
49, dominion has less thsu the raven, L
ter than the chsmois, for ne was homele
On Aye, in the history of the universe tn,
en- is no other instance OF such coming dow